Hallows: A Compendium

I’ve written a lot about this time of year, this holiday, which I call Hallows.

I’ve been celebrating it for decades. And every year at this time, I think about mortality, the cycle of death/decomposition/recomposition, ancestors, memory. The past, the inevitable future. The Big Picture.

Dressing up creepy, or goofy, or sexy. Giving permission to people to let their wild side out.

I think about all of it.

I’m doing that this year, too. Updating my death packet, as I do every October. Rituals, and gatherings, and the wonderful creepy vibe. Candy for little monsters.

Taking the whole ride.

I’m even taking a week off, from Halloween through the actual midpoint between the equinox and the solstice, Nov. 7. I’m going to witch the hell out of this break.

So here, with my favorites first, are the posts I have made about this holiday.

We Die

A Gift from the Dying

Death, the Creator

What We Turn Back into the Soil

What We Turn Back into the Soil, Redux: A Guided Visualization

Revisiting the Sin-Eater for Hallows

LORE DAY: A New Holiday for the Hallows Season

On the Edge of Darkness–Hallows Reflections 2016

Solemn, Meaningful, Fun, Creepy

Dark Hallows

A Deep and Meaningful Hallows to You!